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CVE-2021-31842

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CVE-2021-31842

Published: Sep 17, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.0

MEDIUM

Description

XML Entity Expansion injection vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2021 Update allows a local user to initiate high CPU and memory consumption resulting in a Denial of Service attack through carefully editing the EPDeploy.xml file and then executing the setup process.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows

affected
unspecified - < 10.7.0 September 2021 Update

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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